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Location:

Lakewood,WA,

Member Since:

Dec 19, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

  • 5k
    Resolution Run 5k:
    1/1/09 20:46 (6:42)
    1/1/10 19:33 (6:18)
    1/1/11 19:23 (6:15)
    1/1/12 19:33 (6:18)
    FSRC Turkey Trot:
    11/20/11 18:50 (6:04)
  • 10k
    Resolution Run 10k:
    1/24/09 42:40 (6:53)
    1/23/10 40:48 (6:35)
    1/22/11 39:40 (6:24)
  • 15k
    Resolution Run 15k:
    2/21/09 1:05:59 (7:06)
    2/20/10 1:04:15 (6:55)
    2/26/11 1:03:46 (6:51)
    2/25/12 1:02:26 (6:42)
  • 20k
    Resolution Run 20k:
    3/21/09 1:27:16 (7:01)
    3/20/10 1:26:46 (6:59)
    3/26/11 1:24:37 (6:49)
    3/24/12 1:25:27 (6:52)
  • 1/2 Marathon
    Grand Columbian 1/2 Iron Relay
    2007 1:58:29 (8:59)
    2010 1:39:07 (7:34)
  • Marathon
    2005 Portland: 3:52:21 (8:52)
    2007 Tacoma: 3:47:17 (8:40)
    2010 Eugene: 3:16:21 (7:30)
    2011 Boston: 3:25:28 (7:51)
    2011 Tunnel: 3:06:30 (7:07)
    2012 Boston: 3:53:56 (8:56)
    2012 Big Sur: 3:23:06 (7:45)
    2013 Tacoma: 3:41:25 (8:27)
    2013 Tunnel Lite: 3:07:33 (7:09)
    2014 Boston: 3:40:35 (8:20)
  • Ultra Marathon
    2013 Defiance 50k: 4:49:12 (9:18)
    2013 Steilacoom 50k: 4:44:06 (9:09)
    2014 R2R 51.9mi: 9:51:40 (11:24)

Short-Term Running Goals:

??

Upcoming races: Just pacing and volunteering this year. PRs coming in 2016?

St Paddy's Day 1/2 1:50 Pacer 3/12/16

Whidbey Island 1/2 1:45 Pacer 4/?/16

Tacoma City Marathon 3:55 Pacer 5/1/16

 

Personal:

No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
Heb 12:11

 

Favorite Quotes:

"Go out and preach the Gospel, and if you have to, use words."  - St. Francis of Assisi

"Life is short; running makes it seem longer." - Baron Hansen

"If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand." HD?

"Rule #1. Cardio - Zombies lead a very active lifestyle, so should you." - Columbus (Zombieland)

"A one that is not cold is scarcely a one at all." - Strongbad

"Running without hills is like motorcycling without corners" -me

 

Favorite Blog Posts:

Puke and pass

My epic Beatles for Burt blogpost

Vodka at an aid station?

 

Hot tips for winter running:

Screwshoes
Poor man's cleats. this works a LOT better than you would think! Very quick and easy.

LittleHotties
Are you cheap like me? Put those little hotties in a ziplock bag and use them again tomorrow!

Kickstart your dead Garmin
Hold down the reset/lap button and the mode button together to get your 205/305/310xt to restart if it won't turn on or if it freezes up.

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Thu, Nov 22, 2012
Total Distance
5.18

12:00pm Ezra 7 - Nehemiah 8

Happy Thanksgiving everybody! Run far, eat much and be thankful you can.

It's been two weeks since I jacked up my hammie, I couldn't walk straight for three days and didn't even think about running until today. I was not going to miss earning my turkey for the tenth consecutive year. It was a short run, but I got er dun. I actually felt pretty good until 2.5 miles when my hammie and my foot both started acting up so I turned around and headed for home. My foot eased up as I got closer to home, not so much for the hamstring.

Distance Split pace
1.00 8:18
2.00 8:28
3.00 8:21
4.00 8:27
5.00 8:08
5.18 8:09

Painful crooked gait
Holiday run was not fun?
Think of turkey's fate

Audio Bible Miles: 5.18Asics 2160 Miles: 5.18
Comments
From I Just Run on Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 19:51:45 from 12.162.141.2

I got two out of three...I ran short :-)

I'm looking forward to when you're healthy again!

From Lily on Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 20:53:27 from 67.199.178.95

Oh darn. I hope you heal up quick. You need some elliptical hell for active recovery :)

From rAtTLeTrAp on Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 22:13:34 from 24.19.80.36

Thanks. I'm looking forward to being healthy again too. Some elliptihell time would be great, but we dropped our Y membership a while ago. I would ride my bike if it didn't suck so much during the winter.

The pain in my hamstring is fading quicker than last time so I think it must be healing. It's also farther down my leg this time. I'm going to call that progress and try another short run in a day or so.

From I Just Run on Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 07:53:55 from 67.79.11.242

Now I have a "Painful crooked gait" too with this hurt toe :-(

From Tom Slick on Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 07:31:29 from 69.171.160.232

get that foot and Hammie better, Tacomas coming really fast.

From I Just Run on Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 08:09:32 from 67.79.11.242

I'm sure missing you on the Blog. Hope you're healing up!

From rAtTLeTrAp on Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 13:25:53 from 24.18.125.122

I decided to give it another 2 weeks after my TurkeyDay run. I'm going to try a 3 miler on Friday morning and see how it goes. Tacoma is coming fast. Has anybody seen a good "couch to 42k" program?

From I Just Run on Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 08:33:23 from 67.79.11.242

I'm counting down...

From Tom Slick on Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 08:29:57 from 69.171.160.125

so hows the injuries progressing to good healthy running status? Are you going to make the Tacoma MAry?

From rAtTLeTrAp on Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 08:36:26 from 174.233.131.126

My hamstring is almost better. I planned on running last friday, but decided to give it another week when I felt a twinge while chasing by grandson across the yard. Now I'm thinking about giving it yet another week just to be safe. I WILL finish Tacoma even if it isn't a PR effort :)

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